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Wis. man won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer

AP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.

  • New Mexico's float, depicting aliens on a spaceship, takes part in the 119th annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California January 1, 2008. (Mark Avery/Reuters)
    Green aliens, UFOs said to visit Reuters - Wed May 14, 1:54 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.

  • People pass the Channel 4 television station emblem outside their headquarters in central London April 23, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
    Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster Reuters - Wed May 14, 10:32 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked young woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by couples apparently taking part in an orgy.

  • A model (C) displays lingerie maker Triumph International Japan's 'Photovoltaic-Powered Bra' during an unveiling in Tokyo May 14, 2008. The camisole bra, which the company calls it as 'earth and human friendly', features a solar panel which can display messages on the removable small electric board when the cell generates electricity. The bra is also equipped with pads designed to hold beverages so that the usage of cans and plastic bottles can be reduced, the company said. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)
    Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart Reuters - Wed May 14, 10:31 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.

  • Hotel director Marianne Dorfer stands in frontVilla Trapp, the original Sound of Music family home, in Salzburg May 13, 2008. Georg von Trapp and his family used to live in this house from 1923 till their emigration to the U.S. in the late 1938. The original von Trapp family home will be reopened as a hotel in July to give people for around 100 euros ($155) a night the chance to lay their head to rest where the von Trapp family once lived, get married in the house's chapel or have a Sound of Music dinner in the family dining room. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
    Von Trapp's "Sound of Music" villa to become hotel Reuters - Wed May 14, 10:28 AM ET

    SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - "The Sound of Music," one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July.

  • Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet Reuters - Tue May 13, 2:11 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour JetBlue flight and was instead told to "hang out" in the plane's bathroom has sued the airline for $2 million, saying he suffered "extreme humiliation."

  • Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man was gored in the thigh on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in the middle of the breeding season.

  • Game of cat and mouse blacks out Albania's capital Reuters - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    TIRANA (Reuters) - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.

  • Jars filled with various animal phalli are on display at the Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavik May 8, 2008. REUTERS/Bob Strong
    Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ Reuters - Thu May 15, 7:06 AM ET

    HUSAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die.

  • A spectator holds up inflatable aliens during the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stephen Hird
    Green aliens and UFOs said to visit UK Reuters - Wed May 14, 5:01 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.

  • "Snake man" slithers out of Austrian prison cell Reuters - Wed May 14, 9:31 AM ET

    VIENNA (Reuters) - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday.

  • Hungry bear, cub take refuge on building's roof AP - Thu May 15, 3:44 PM ET

    BUCHAREST, Romania - A mother bear and her young cub stopped traffic and caused panic Thursday in central Romania after they roamed through gardens in search of food and finally climbed the stairs of a 4-story building and broke onto the roof. A rescue team tranquilized the mother after failing to steer her toward a nearby forest, officials said.

  • Father Emmanuel Carreira operates the telescope at the Vatican Observatory in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, in this June 23, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
    Vatican scientist says belief in God and aliens is OK Reuters - Wed May 14, 5:02 AM ET

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's chief astronomer says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of "extraterrestrial brothers" perhaps more evolved than humans.

  • 9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach AP - Thu May 15, 3:52 PM ET

    ATHENS, Greece - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.

  • Wedding day fireworks land Ethiopian groom in jail Reuters - Wed May 14, 12:39 PM ET

    ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted his wedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate by letting off firecrackers after the ceremony.

  • Campaign mailing in Ark. race screams 'Judas!' AP - Thu May 15, 3:54 PM ET

    FORT SMITH, Ark. - A race for a seat in the Arkansas House has taken on biblical proportions as a contender's campaign mailing offers a one-word description of the incumbent: "Judas!"

  • A Mantis shrimp (Gonodactylus smithii) is seen in this undated handout photograph released in London May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Roy Caldwell/Handout
    Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow Reuters - Wed May 14, 6:31 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - A giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef can see a world beyond the rainbow that is invisible to other animals, scientists said on Wednesday.

  • Parked car thwarts purse-snatcher in Iowa AP - Thu May 15, 4:00 PM ET

    DES MOINES, Iowa - A robbery was prevented Thursday by an unusual crime-fighting tool — a parked car. Karla Gierstors of West Des Moines was walking in downtown Des Moines about 6:15 a.m. Thursday when a man threatened her with a box cutter and grabbed her purse.

  • A boy watches a stingray during a preview at the new Sea Life aquarium in Hanover February 21, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius
    Canadian zoo investigates puzzling stingray deaths Reuters - Wed May 14, 6:34 AM ET

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Officials at the Calgary Zoo remained baffled on Tuesday as they tried to puzzle out just why 34 of their stingrays suddenly died.

  • Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies AP - Thu May 15, 7:37 AM ET

    DETROIT - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.

  • Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet Reuters - Tue May 13, 1:23 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour jetBlue flight and was instead told to "hang out" in the plane's bathroom has sued the airline for $2 million (1 million pounds), saying he suffered "extreme humiliation."

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  • Jars filled with various animal phalli are on display at the Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavik May 8, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
    Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ Reuters - Thu May 15, 10:22 AM ET

    HUSAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die.

  • Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies AP - Thu May 15, 7:37 AM ET

    DETROIT - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.

  • Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked AP - Thu May 15, 6:47 PM ET

    CONFLUENCE, Pa. - Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.

  • Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart Reuters - Wed May 14, 10:31 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.

  • DNA tests exonerate 'Lizard Man' in van attack AP - Thu May 15, 8:56 PM ET

    BISHOPVILLE, S.C. - DNA testing has shown an attack on a family van some blamed on the legendary Lizard Man appears to have been actually done by a domestic dog. Something chewed up the front fender of Bob and Dixie Rawson's van in February. Bite marks were left on the wheel wells and blood was found on the vehicle.